Second issue - Christmas edition No.2

siParadigm
Magazine

Second issue - Christmas edition
2022

The new paradigm in cancer diagnostics is shifting
from the traditional organ-specific to organ-agnostic
and pan-genome molecular profiling

TABLE OF
CONTENT

Letter from the editor
The Updater
Inspirational Talk
siParadigm’s family
Mind speaker
Talk motive
Entertainment
Did you know?
World trip

e came to the end of another
year 2022. This issue is very
special as it will be the last
issue in 2022 and it’s all about
Christmas and all Christmasy
stuff. I hope you celebrate every
day like a holiday, and that the
New Year brings you good
health, inspiration, and a mission
to do as many small acts of kindness.

I hope you enjoy reading this special edition.

Ayat Mamdouh

Communication and
social media specialist

THE
UPDATER

MAJOR ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE

Dr. Sherif Nasr steps down to
the role of the Chief Process
Officer (CPO) to focus on
enhancing processes. Mr.
Khan currently holds the dual
role of CEO
and
Chairman
of the
Board. Mr.
Khan joined us in March 2021,
he started with us as the CEO
and now he is playing both
the CEO and the chairman of
the board.

HOPE IS REAL, AND HEALING IS POSSIBLE

siParadigm is honored to be part of the first annual “Hope
heals” GALA event by Hope Foundation, in support of all cancer
patients.

Our patients are our top priority and spreading awareness
about cancer means everything to us.

3 MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT OUR PERFORMANCE
ENHANCEMENT SYSTEM

THAT IT IS PUNITIVE:

we do not take punitive actions against
any employee or manager.

THAT IT IS HARD TO FILE A PE:

you can simply send an email to
[email protected] and they will create the
PE.

THAT "HUMAN ERROR" COULD
BE A ROOT CAUSE OF AN ISSUE:

The most common causes of human errors
include lack of training, poor communication
and procedures, faulty equipment, and lack
of system. Therefore, human error is not a
root cause

CELEBRATING NATIONAL CAREER
DEVELOPMENT MONTH

November is National Career Development Month, a great chance
to continue investing and developing our employees’ career
paths.
As part of our global growth, we started a leadership and
Interpersonal skills workshop for our employees, which is
designed to positively impact the performance and results of
SiParadigm by increasing the personal and interpersonal
effectiveness of its leaders and key personnel. As a result of this
training, teamwork, collaboration, leadership, accountability,
response to change, and forthright communication will be more
effective within the SiParadigm organization, and a cultural
transformation will begin to take place.
This workshop is highly interactive and involves an experiential
process utilizing games, activities, and exercises. Those activities
allow participants’ natural behavioral tendencies to surface,
improve self-awareness, and create a better understanding of the
importance of behavioral choice.

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL
ACCOUNTING DAY

November 10th is international
accounting day, which is a great
opportunity to acknowledge our
accountants' great work to make
our businesses thrive, support
the economy, and help our
colleagues navigate the
complexities of finance.

Thanksgiving is the time of the year when we reflect on the
blessings that have been bestowed upon us. Our amazing
siParadigm’s family and the support and great work you
provided us all the time are at the top of our gratitude list.
Thank you for being the best colleagues. We hope you had a
wonderful Thanksgiving, full of hope, joy, and blessings.



As 2022 came to an end, this column is exclusively for some of our
achievements in 2022. We had the honor of interviewing our inspiring
leaders to talk more about our business updates and 2023 objectives.

"With one year coming to an end and a new one around the
corner, I want to wish you all the happiest times with your
families and friends. We have many ingredients to our
recipe of success in siParadigm, but the main and essential
ingredient remains YOU for a fact. As the Head of HR
operations, I want to thank each and every one of our
siParadigmers for their great efforts and dedication in 2022
and I know you will keep your great spirit and hardwork in
the new year too as our partners of success. In the HR team,
our main focus is your continuous development and
wellbeing, that is why we are having many BIG surprises for
you that will be rolled out shortly, so stay tuned.”

Kholoud Amer
Director of Global HR Operations

"In 2022, our team successfully completed >20
validation studies, significantly expanding our
test menu. 2022 was also a year of record
growth in sales, and even greater test
volumes are projected for 2023. It will be
imperative that we continue to maintain our
commitments to operational excellence,
process improvements, and providing optimal
patient care. As the largest privately owned
hematopathology laboratory in the US, I truly
believe we are especially well positioned to provide an
academic caliber service offering associated with industry-leading
turnarounds times, competitive against any other laboratory in the
nation. I feel truly privileged to join the team at siParadigm and wish
you and your family glad tidings, good health, and prosperity this
Holiday season”

Dr. Bevan Tandon, MD
CMO / Medical Laboratory Director
Molecular Pathologist / Hematopathologist "

“I am so proud of what the commercial team has
accomplished this year commercial, we have
achieved an all-time record of growth and we
are not done yet, in fact, we are just starting.
We have served close to 20,000 cancer patients
answering one of the hardest questions one can
possibly have: do I have cancer? I am also
grateful to all the staff for their dedication to
our values of excellence and customer care, to
the rest of the senior leadership team for their

support, and to our leadership for their guidance
and continued empowerment”

Aziz Saad - Chief Commercial Officer (CCO)

Getting more excited about 2023 and talking more
about motivation, we had the honor to interview one
of our very inspiring leaders
Bing Li, CG(ASCP) – Chief Operating Officer

Who Talked more about 2022 milestones which
are Implemented department KPI tracking system
and employee daily performance monitoring
system focusing on quality, efficiency, and TAT,
most established KPIs fall into the target range.

We would like to know about a business update relevant to your
unit in 2022.
- Optimized PE workflow & Enhanced Ops department’s

critical task management

What about one of your unit's 2023 objectives?
- Establish a new staffing model focusing on productivity,

quality, and compliance

Give a word of inspiration or advice for your team in 2023
- Attitude determines everything and success comes from

details!

Give an appreciation note to your team.
- We are the best at what we do because we have the best

employees like you. Thank you for your dedication and
hard work!

SIPARADIGM’S
FAMILY

WELCOME LITTLE ONE TO OUR
SIPARADIGM’S FAMILY

How exciting it is to have a new addition to our family. Every baby born
who belongs to our colleagues is part of our growing siParadigm’s family
as well. Ahmed Rabiee from the finance team - Cairo site had his first
baby boy “Elias” this month. Congratulations on bringing your first child
into this world.

With every new success comes greater opportunities and challenges.
We are so happy and proud of Dina Khalil for her well-deserved
promotion. Dina was working as a Senior Sales Support Specialist back in
2021. Currently, she got promoted to Sales support manager.
Congratulations Dina for this accomplishment.

DINA KHALIL

Our congratulations on your sales success. We know such an
achievement does not come easily, and we compliment you on your
hard work. Suedi Ochoa won the sales rep. of October and Eric Nieves
won the sales rep. of September. You both are setting a high standard for
others to follow. We are fortunate to have you on our team and look
forward to more success in the future.

Suedi Ochoa Eric Nieves



And did we win?

By: Ms. Saira Pravez - PMO Head

13th Nov 2022 was a cloudy and chilly
Sunday in most parts of Pakistan. The
day was eagerly awaited by most of our
population because of the afternoon’s
match — the T20 Men’s Cricket World
Cup final match between Pakistan and
England. And did we win?

No, we could not. And it led me to some
self-talk that resulted in a few
reflections on teamwork.
The same thoughts have found their
way into this magazine to reach your
minds (and hearts). Our cricket team
has at least five players that are among
the top 10 in the world. Still, we may
lose, esp. under pressure. While there
may be in numerous areas of
improvement, one pertinent domain is
identifying and grooming the weakest
links in a team or group. Individual
brilliance must be appreciated; but in a
team setting, its value is in mentoring
colleagues and focusing on the team’s
strength. It is incumbent upon the best
players on the team to take others
along, empathize with them and assist
them in unleashing their true potential. Just as water, when stagnant, gets stale and clogs the
passages, knowledge, and expertise possess the same characteristics. If these do not flow
freely from one soul to another, these are suffocated and invite the decline of wise minds.
Moreover, such stagnant knowledge and expertise also tend to create roadblocks to the
team's success. “Sharing is caring” is not only a colloquial expression or a lesson from Aesop’s
fable. Sharing indeed ignites the compound effect and results in the exponential growth of a
team’s collective wisdom and achievements.

When Paulo Cohelo says, “If you want something in life, the whole Universe conspires for you
to get it,” he expects us to read between the lines. If the fire of purpose is oozing with energy,
it will compel us to take action — perform due diligence, strategize, develop tactics, peel off
the details and chalk out plans, etc. During this journey, the Universe will conspire in our favor
by providing us with opportunities but, most of the time, these would be put forth for us in the
garb of work and labor. “No pains, no gains” remains a universal truth, come what may.

So, for this T20 World Cup match and in all other failed attempts in life, did we win? No Could
we win? Yes
How? By strategizing for the collective good. By paying the most attention to the weakest
link.
Can we win in the future? Always a YES. Optimism supports the belief, which reflects
confidence, that enables us to share our talents with fellow team members, making a strong
collective unit that focuses on group success, grabs all opportunities, and does not shirk work.
That is when we can change “And did we win?” to “And we did win!”

By: Lorena Soriano - Client Service Consultant

Christmas is love, soul, life and joy La Navidad es amor, alma, vida y alegría

And the most beautiful time arrives Y llega el momento más hermoso
And I can feel
The joy of life Y puedo sentir
Deep inside of me La alegría de la vida
How nice it is to live
Muy dentro de mí
Christmas is love Que lindo es vivir
Soul, life and joy
At night and during the day La navidad es amor
I just want you to stay Alma, vida y alegría
With this gift from God Por la noche y durante el día
What is our beautiful family Yo solo quiero que te quedes
Con este regalo de Dios
Let's eat and be happy Que es nuestra hermosa familia
Give thanks for peace
Let's forgive and live Comamos y seamos felices
It's time to choose Demos gracias por la paz
The most sincere of our feelings Perdonemos y vivamos
Let's give thanks to God every day Es hora de elegir
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
El más sincero de nuestros sentimientos
Demos gracias a Dios todos los días
Feliz Navidad y Próspero año nuevo.

Lorena Soriano / CS PR

5 tips for your career
development

National Career Development Month in November signals a time for students and
employees to focus on their future career choices.
“Where do you see yourself in five years?” Everyone has been asked that question in an
interview at one point or another in their careers. Well, asking this question is more about
getting insight into your hopes, aspirations, and goals for the next few years. But the real
question is, how can you reach your goals? Career development, at its core, is about setting
goals and acquiring the skills to achieve those goals. Here are some ways to start doing that:

Set short-term goal: Forget about where you see yourself in 5 years now. Write down

your short-term goals and create a timeline to finish them. For example: Taking an online
course can help expand your knowledge.

Work on your communication skills: Open your “sent mail” folder and read

through work-related communications. Are you clear and straightforward? Do your
colleagues respond well to your emails? Is there anything you can improve on? If you’d like
to improve on spoken interactions as well, ask coworkers about your strengths and
weaknesses, and use that feedback to improve.

Challenge yourself: Developing your career requires time, motivation, and

commitment. Challenge yourself often by setting goals.

Get feedback: While self-assessment is important, it is also important to get feedback all

the time. Be open to criticism and advice. Getting feedback and finding common threads
and unique viewpoints can help you improve your performance.

Develop a long-term goal: A five-year plan can give you the feeling that your goals

are pretty far off. Set regular milestones along the way and reward yourself when you meet
them. Evaluate your five-year plan regularly to see what’s working and what isn’t. Don’t let a
change in trajectory throw you completely off-course. Instead, reconfigure and set yourself
on a new path to achieving your goals.

Choosing the best approach for your career is an essential component of your lifelong career
development. The important thing to remember is that your approach is your own. If you
find that multiple approaches like those mentioned above appeal to you, find a way to
combine those to take the right approach for you.



The 10th of November was International Accounting Day. We had

the pleasure to interview Amr ElSayed the finance manager of
Cairo site where he talked about his inspiring journey at

siParadigm and the challenges he faced during his successful career
path.

Tell me about your journey at siParadigm?

In fact, I consider it both an exciting and a challenging
journey beginning with the building of the finance team with
exceptional talents, the implementation of the accounting
software, the improvement of Police and Procedures, the risk
assessment for risk mitigation, and developing the budget for
our company's future vision. These were all during a critical
time in the world (covid 19 pandemic).
Through the ongoing hard work of the finance team and our
CFO’s support and guidance, we have made significant
changes in Siparadigm.

What do you feel are the biggest challenges faced by
finance managers?

In addition to managing remote teams, I found the different
workplace regulations and taxes to be the biggest challenges

Give a piece of advice to your team

Work toward the company's goals and use your best effort to
become an expert at your job and rather than focusing on a
problem, be an employee who offers solutions.

Getting deeper into the finance industry we are

pleased to interview Mohammad
Momtaz Manager A/C, Finance &
Legal Islamabad site who joined

siParadigm Diagnostic Informatics (Pvt)
Ltd in Sep '2020. When Momtaz joined,
he was given the responsibility of the
Finance Department along with the
Administrations Department. He had a
differentiated experience in transition
and building a new premise here in
Islamabad. He has seen the organization
grow more and more each day.

Q 1. Tell me about your journey at siParadigm?

The heart of what we do

In terms of the organization growing and changing, the last
26 months have been most significant for me. I’ve seen a real
shift towards a top management approach and we have
really put our values at the forefront of what we do. I’ve been
part of the creative process we’ve gone through to get to the
heart of who we are as an organization.

The Uniqueness of Here

The unique thing about here is the sheer sense of
camaraderie; and the true care behind that. I do believe that
we show care unbound and I have a hundred examples of
things that I see all the time. Our caring culture is based on
a sense of community, mindfulness, and promoting wellness.

Q 2. What do you feel are the most important aspects of

financial management?

Financial management is one of the most important aspects in the
business. In order to start up or even run a successful business, you
will need excellent knowledge in financial management.
Everyone knows for sure that finance is the most critical part of
every business. It is not just in business but even in our daily lives
finance plays a highly crucial role. We need money to meet all our
needs. Proper management of cash is essential to make sure that
there is enough to fulfill our requirements. Before we try to
understand the various elements of financial management, let us
first see what and why it is of the highest importance to the
business.

The Importance Of Financial Management For Businesses
• Aids Businesses To Succeed
• Helps The Company Remain Compliant
• Facilitates Better Access To Finance
• Helps Control Expenses
• Forecasting Risk And Mitigating Them
• Measures The Success Of A Company
• Identify And Improve Weak Areas
• Ensuring Returns From Marketing Activities
• Fuels Growth And Expansion
• Helps Enhance Staff Strength

Key Elements Of Financial Management
• Financial Reporting
• Financial Planning
• Financial Controls
• Financial Decisions
• Allocation And Utilization Of Funds
• Cash Flow Management
• Risk Management

Though the listing of elements may be different by various
experts, the above are commonly known as the main
components of financial management. Tabulating the
elements and their impact will give readers an easier way of
understanding them.

Q 3. How do you stay up-to-date with changes in the
finance industry?

1. Regularly keep up with industry trade publications and
websites.

2. National, regional, and city newspapers.
3. Influential bloggers and business thought leaders.
4. Regularly monitoring the changes in policies and

procedures of Government and Semi-government
institutions.
5. Joint industry associations, attend their events, take
training and participate in online communities.

Mohammad Momtaz

Manager A/C, Finance & Legal Islamabad site

DID YOU
KNOW?

INTERESTING FACT

"JINGLE BELLS" WAS ORIGINALLY A
THANKSGIVING SONG

Did you know “Jingle Bells” First published in 1857 to be sung on
Thanksgiving — not Christmas ?

The original title of the song was “One Horse Open Sleigh,” but that
was changed to “Jingle Bells” when it was reprinted. Today, it's still
among the most popular Christmas songs.

WORLD’S OLDEST IDENTICAL TWINS,
AGED 107

December is the twin’s month. Did you know that the world’s oldest
twins Two Japanese sisters, aged 107 years, are Guinness World
Record holders after being officially announced as the world’s oldest
living identical twins?

Entertainment

Christmas Crossword puzzle

Are you still looking for more Christmas games to entertain you? Do you
like word games and crossword puzzles? Then this game is definitely for
you.

WORLD
TRIP

3 SHOWS YOU CAN WATCH ON NETFLIX
THIS MONTH

Firefly Lane season 2 part 1

Release Date: Dec. 2

Emily in Paris season 3

Release Date: Dec. 21

Alice in Borderland season 2

Release Date: Dec. 22

3 SIMPLE PERSONALIZED GIFTS FOR
CHRISTMAS

Most gift-givers assume an expensive present is better appreciated.
It is never important to give expensive gifts. Giving gifts is a way of
expressing your feelings and affection for that person. So, you just
have to think about how you can make that person happy. It’s more
about creating something special for someone or getting them
exactly what they want, so they can feel special and remembered.
Be someone’s secret Santa this year and create one of those simple
yet special gifts for someone you care about.

A sweet little Pull-Out Photo Album makes such a unique gift, a
lovely way to share memories with someone special.
Share your favorite memories with your loved one using this fun
concertina-style photo box.
Featuring some of your chosen snaps along with a little message to
finish, this lovely token gift is so thoughtful and something to
treasure for years to come.

A handmade 'The Adventures of" memory book personalized with
the names. This makes a great gift for your loved one or friend.
Your partner will love to see your adventures scrapbooked - and it is
an enjoyable thing to create too!

Fill your memory book with letters, photos, notes, tickets, cards -
anything that tells your story!

Know someone who loves
ESCAPE ROOMS?
TREASURE HUNTS?
This is the perfect
present - their own
mystery in an
envelope,
and one you
personalize!
Whether it's a
Christmas present,
secret Santa, a birthday,
or an anniversary gift -
send someone something
memorable and different

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